Lisa Knepper: How
Licensing Laws Kill Jobs. Jestina Clayton is
the type of entrepreneur we should be encouraging if
we want to put more Americans back to work. Instead,
the state of Utah shut her down.

Prof. Mahmoud El-Gamal: American
Muslims, Freedom of Speech, and Cultural Divides.
One area that is clearly a point of conflict
between current American norms and current Islamic
norms pertains to freedom of speech on revered
religious figures, and those on both sides who wish
to escalate a clash of cultures have been exploiting
this point of conflict unrelentlessly.

Timothy B. Lee again: Washington’s
Wealth Is About Changing Norms, Not Engaged Rich
People. Washington a half-century ago had
much stronger norms against public officials becoming
influence-peddlers. That meant lobbying firms had much
less influence over the legislative process—both
because fewer of them were former public officials and
because many fewer people still in public office were
contemplating second careers on K Street. As a result,
lobbying firms couldn’t offer their clients the
same bang for the buck they can offer today....